30 September 2009

As long as it doesn't involve... um, er... getting anybody in trouble...

McGuinty said he couldn't comment on what might happen next... "But certainly we would want to send a message to all our mothers and sisters and daughters that we will do everything we can to protect them."

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Premier Dalton McGuinty has apologized to a St. Catharines mom left living "in fear" after a Crown attorney -- without warning -- dropped a criminal harassment charge against a neighbour.

"Clearly this was not handled properly, and they should have been notified by the Crown that the charges were going to be dropped," McGuinty said yesterday. "And I apologize for that failure on the part of the Crown office ... We dropped the ball there."

As revealed by Toronto Sun columnist Mark Bonokoski, Patricia Marshall and her two daughters videotaped a young man peeking in their windows and masturbating.

Police charged a teenage neighbour but the case was withdrawn by the Crown, who later admitted he should have told the Marshall family about that decision.

STRONGER STAND

The mom said she found out 13 days later while making inquiries about the court case.

"But certainly we would want to send a message to all our mothers and sisters and daughters that we will do everything we can to protect them," the premier said.

PC Leader Tim Hudak said the McGuinty government needs to take a stronger stand in defence of these women.

"An apology just won't cut it," Hudak said. "It sends a terrible message -- the notion that this guy would get off the hook and that the attorney general seems uninterested in pursuing a case of this nature."

What she had videotape evidence of this guy and charges were dropped? What the heck do you need to have something stick? One has to expect that vigilantism will rise, folks are getting tired of being sitting ducks, living in fear with no hope of justice or legal self defense.

now call me sexist, but i'm thinkin' there isn't a man in this household... 'cos while mom grabbed up the video camera (good move, btw)... i'm guessin' most dads would've snatched up a louisville slugger on their way out the back door.

I wonder what McSquinty et al will say if this guy escalates and does rape someone?

The creep is suing the victims saying their cameras impact his right to privacy. What they should do is put up some nice big million candle power spots around their house with a motion detector. Then the rest of the neighbours may also get in on the act and force this clown & his family out of the neighbourhood.

I'd considering filing a class action suit against the Crown, the kid and the father. The Crown can simply recharge the perp, but I doubt they shall the elites are above the law apparently? Is she the pervs only victim? Peeping toms usually grow up to be serial rapists.